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3PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,655, dated February9, 1886. Application filed August 9.4, 1885. Serial No. 175,151. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELBERT O. TAYLOR, of Stockton, Cedar county,Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Targets,of which the following is a specification.

Targets have heretofore been divided into sections that were numbered ontheir faces. In one instance a target has been patented in which theface of the target was divided into sections, each section beingoperatively connected with a shutter that covered a corresponding numberarranged in a series in the target-stand below the face of the target.\Vhen a section was hit by a missile, the corresponding number wasexposed on the target stand. I

My invention relates to the latter class of targets; and it consists ina new construction of the target-face, an improved arrangement of thenumbers, and in novel mechanism for exposing the numbers.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my improvedtarget mounted on its stand. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same,and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views showing the mechanism forexposing the numbers.

The target-face is composed of a circular board or body, A, provided onits edge with star-points B, and a metallic plate, 0, (whose diameter isabout two-thirds the diameter of the target,) secured to the body A. Thetarget thus constructed is divided by circle lines a b a into threeparts, the middle circle commencing with the edge of the metallic plate0. The center D is the target proper, and is the part to be fired at.The ring E (metallic) between the circles a and b is to catch strayshots, and the'ring F between band ccontains the numbers. I have shownplaces for fiftyfive numbers, one of them, No. 55, being shown exposedat the bottom of the target.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown in detail the preferred manner ofarranging the numbers and the shutters for covering them. The numbersmay be made on the target-face; but I prefer to make them on slips ofcard-board, d. The-shutter G is pivoted at its lower end to thetarget-face, and is held closed by means of a latch, 6, extendingthrough the body A.

A spring, f, is interposed between the shutter and the target-face andforces open the shutter when released from the. latch. The spring ispreferably mounted on the pivot gof the shut ter, its inner prongsbearing against the card, so as to hold it in place, and its outer endbearing against the shutter. A circular plate, H, of wood or othermaterial, is seen red to the back of the target at its center, and thecenter-i. e., the part included within theline a is perforated atregular intervals to receive headed pins 71, that extend entirelythrough the plate 0, base A, and plate H. In rear of the pins is mountedon the standard I a bell, J, preferably a steel disk, against which thepins h strike when they are forced in, thus giving an audible signal.The pins are normally held out or withdrawn from the disk by springs z,seated in socketsj in the body A and plate H. Each pin is connected withits latch, 6, preferably by means of a rod, k, and a cord, Z, passingover a pulley, m. The pulleys m are mounted on a series of slats, a,arranged on the plate H. I also sometimes employ pulleys 0, mounted onthe edge of the plate H, or in some other position on the target, tomore perfectly guide the cords Z. As will be apparent by an inspectionof the draw ings, as soon as a pin is forced in the cord will be drawnback over the pulley, thus raising the latch, allowing the shutter todrop, and

exposing the number corresponding with the pin. The outer ends of thepins h are provided with heads h, that li mit the inward thrust of thepins and afford marks for the missiles. The numbers are preferablyscattered on the target. Thus the center pin may correspond with the No.55, the pin just below it with N o. 30, &c. The particular arrangementof the pins is immaterial, and the score of the marksman depends uponchance as well as skill.

I am aware that it is old to make a target with a series of numbersnormally covered by shutters that are connected with sliding pins whichopen the shutters when they are forced in by a missile, and I do notclaim such subjectmatter.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, substantially as set forth,of the target-body having a perforated IOC forth, of the perforatedtarget-body, the sliding pins, the springs that return the pins to theirnormal position, the rods K, attached to and moving with the pins, thecords attached to the outer ends of the rods, the pulleys over which thecords pass, and the indicators to which the cords are attached. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ELBERT O. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. RUTLEDGE, SAMUEL L. KERR.

